A QAJAR POLYCHROME LACQUER PAPIER MACHE RECTANGULAR QALAMDAN with hinged cover, the top glitter ground painted with a gul-i-bulbul design of finches and nightingales among roses, tulips, apple-blossom, carnations and bluebells, the sides similar, the black lip of the cover with gold scrolling vine, the brugundy base with sold palmette vine, the interior plain green and gold, silver hinges, clasp and chains, early 19th century (very slight restoration, re-lacqered)